We’re now more than a month into 2010, and the need for social policy prescriptions is as high as ever. In his State of the Union on January 28, President Obama admitted as much. The devastation wreaked by the current recession remains, Obama said, and “One in 10 Americans still cannot find work. Many businesses […]
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Is The End Near?
by Greg Siedschlag “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), the Clinton administration policy designed as a compromise to Clinton’s campaign promise of letting openly gay people serve in the military, is now in its 17th year. Many have viewed the policy as a failure, contending that it has not made life for gays in the military […]